Singapore legislation

Clause 24

of Films (Amendment) Bill

Clause 24

Amendment of section 41

Section 41(2) of the Films Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)prescribe the duties of licensees in importing, distributing or publicly exhibiting films in the course of business;”;

(b)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (d); and

(c)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of paragraph (e) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:“(f)prescribe the manner in which classification labels, classification ratings and consumer advice (if any) are to be affixed to a film, displayed in any film, or displayed in an advertisement for a film;

(g)

require the appointment by licensees of film content assessors registered under section 19;

(h)

prescribe the duties of persons registered as film content assessors in connection with the assessment of the content of films;

(i)

prescribe circumstances in which an assessment by a film content assessor is taken to be misleading, incorrect or grossly inadequate, or to contain misleading, incorrect or grossly inadequate information;

(j)

provide for the manner in which an appeal may be made to the Minister or the Committee of Appeal under section 24 or 28, as the case may be, and the procedure to be adopted in hearing such appeals;

(k)

provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $5,000; and

(l)

provide for such transitional, saving and other consequential, incidental and supplemental provisions as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.”.